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A room in a Quarian settlement, Tayseri Ward Foundations, Tayseri Ward, the Citadel, Widow System, Serpent Nebula.
February 21st, 2183.

Mikey breathed a sigh of relief, as the young female Quarian finally unlocked the last part of the physical restraints from him.

Nia then said, "Okay then. Even though your ribs have repaired themselves, I won't recommend moving around too much, not unless you want to ?"
"Well, I do have to save my brothers, but I guess I'll be no good to them if I'm not up to scratch".
A blank stare from Nia, or as close to a blank stare for a Quarian as you could get, followed with silence and then, "Up to scratch"?

Nervously, Mikey scratched the back of his head as he replied, "Human thing..."
"But you're not human..."
"Yeah, yeah, I know. Well, we're sorta are, in a way, I dunno. My brother Donnie would answer that much more better than me".

An awkward silence persisted, but Nia broke that silence by "Well, anyway, do you have any idea on where to find your brothers? Any clue would be a start".

"Well..., I know that we were about to be heading off to some labs, but that's about it. Awww, I wish I knew at least something that could help"!

More silence, as Mikey bowed his head downcast, sad that he may not be able to help his brothers, and Nia kept silent, feeling sympathetic.

But another occupant, wasn't as sympathetic.
"Alright, Nia. This is a waste of time! Let's just go and leave this, whoever he is, and get out of here! He's not our concern"!
An impatient Zen'Traal nar Shellen soon tried to grab his younger sister's arm and pull her away, and thus drag her away from Mikey and leave him, but Nia struggled, "Let me go, Zen! Keelah!"
"He's not our problem, Nia! We've got much more urgent problems than getting involved in other people's business"!

Even more struggling came and at one point, Nia screeched in pain, as she sprained her wrist trying to break free from Zen, whose grip was unrelenting.
Mikey had enough spectating. The female Quarian, Nia, had been so kind to him and he couldn't just sit back and do nothing.
So he marched over, grabbed Zen's right arm, put his left leg on Zen's right shoulder and slammed him down on the ground, eventually putting Zen in a armlock.

Zen tried to get his left arm around to get himself free, but found it useless.
And Mikey soon made himself very clear, "Now, you listen to me, Zan..."
"It's Zen, you bosh'tet...ARGH!"

Mikey had applied a bit more pressure to Zen's shoulder joint, causing him to yell out.
Nia then shouted out, "Stop! Stop it!"

At her pleas, Mikey then released Zen, who furiously picked himself off the floor, batting away Nia's hand when she extended it for him to grab.

"And even if we were to help this, erm, turtle, we don't have the means to do so, Nia! People who live in the Foundations, and that includes Quarians, they live in poverty down here. Now the Citadel may like you to think that poverty has been eradicated in this day and age, but the truth lays outside the doors of this room. So we couldn't help this Turtle even if we wanted to".

Nia and Mikey hung their heads, downcast at Zen's proclamation and the realisation that he was right. The Quarian settlement in the Foundations was not a place with top of the line stuff that could help find Mikey's brothers.

Now, what am I gonna do now. My brothers have been captured, I'm stuck in a Quarian settlement with no way to help them, and both Master Splinter and April have absolutely no clue back at the...Wait...Wait a minute...

Of course, the lair!

Then Mikey snapped his fingers, making the two Quarians jump slightly at this, as Mikey then said, "Well, what if I could get you a better place to work"?
"Sorry?"
"Well, your brother said it himself, Nia. This place has no means to help find my brothers. But I do know a place to do such a thing".

Looking at each other, the two Quarians pondered over this. Zen sighed and "Alright then, we'll help".
Nia responded with, "Excellent. Now, where is this place"?

The Turtle's response was odd at most, as he seemed reluctant to actually say it out, and instead said, "Well, actually, it's much better if I showed you. It's not a place you'd find by asking a VI".

Back at the lair, Master Splinter and April O'Neil were really worried.

The morning seemed such a while ago, and they were expecting Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello to be back with Michelangelo, but it was now late evening, and they were really worried, Splinter especially.
April had been pacing around, trying to keep her anxiety at bay, and Master Splinter had been trying to calm her, as well as keep his worries aside. Kirby had also tried to keep his daughter calm, but he then retired to his quarters to get some sleep, to which Splinter and April wished him goodnight.

But then, Splinter was drawn out of his thoughts as he heard footsteps approaching the entrance to their home. Hopeful, but still wary, he then went on full alert and whispered to April to get behind him.

A few tense moments of silence, and then came through the entrance, the youngest of his sons. Michelangelo.

"My son! Where have you been? I've been so worried..."

And then, Splinter noticed that behind him were two Quarians.
Immediately, his eyes narrowed and he leapt right at them.

A shriek and a yelling later, and Master Splinter had pinned down the largest Quarian and was about to strike with his walking stick. But the voice of his youngest son, intervened.

"No Master Splinter! No! It's okay! They're friends!"

A brief pause and, Splinter got himself off the Quarian, also observing that the second Quarian, a female, was standing there, absolutely petrified of Splinter.
But Splinter meanwhile turned to Michelangelo, frowning as he then said, "Michelangelo, do you realise how worried I and April have been? And where are your brothers"?

Michelangelo bowed his head down in shame, much to Splinter's surprise, and then said, "It's all my fault, Master Splinter. It's all my fault!"

Splinter raised an eyebrow at first, and after struggling to understand what his son might be apologising about, he then realised that his son must be still sorry about last night.
But he didn't get a chance to say anything, before Michelangelo then said, "It's my fault that Leo, Don and Raph got themselves caught!"

Alarmed, Splinter then asked, "What? What happened to your brothers, my son? Please. Please tell me".

Mikey then took a deep breath, and began his story.

Sorry to keep you all waiting there, but here you go. Chapter 14 ready for your viewing pleasure.

And I promise that we'll be getting around to the rest of the brothers soon enough, but Mikey still needs to find them with the help of his new friends, after all.

And also, stay tuned for a special inclusion for future stories in future chapters. That's all I can say.

Anyways, don't forget to leave a review whenever you can and see you next time!